Mbuye Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Mbuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 440 | 1:120,322 | 11,453 |
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| Zambia | 97 | 1:163,401 | 11,461 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mbuye (16) may also be a first name.
Mbuye Demographics
Average Mbuye Salary in
South Africa
R 58,440
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mbuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbuye occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbuye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 383,038th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbuye are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 16 people.
Mbuye is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 440 people, or 1 in 120,322. In Tanzania Mbuye is most frequent in: Katavi Region, where 62 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 34 percent live and Lindi Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 10 percent live.
Mbuye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mbuye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.41% less than the national average, earning R 58,440 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mbuye
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